Estesiella Baez 1995 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Leptodactylidae

Synonym: Estesius Báez 1991 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. M. Baez. 1995. Estesiella, replacement name for Estesius, a Paleocene neobatrachian frog from Bolivia. Ameghiniana 32(1):56

Parent taxon: Leptodactylidae according to B. Sanchiz 1998

See also Báez 1991 and Baez 1995

Sister taxa: Eophractus, Eorubeta, Eupsophus, Eusophus, Geocrinia, Lechriodus, Leptodactylinae, Limnodynastes, Neoprocoela, Ranidella, Syrrhophus, Syrrhopus, Telmatobiinae

Subtaxa: Estesiella boliviensis

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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